wilebill
06-21-2007, 10:58 AM
LAKE STEVENS, Wash. (AP) — A woman was charged with manslaughter in the death of her 4-month-old son after she told authorities she taped a pacifier to his mouth to keep it from falling out.
Bonnie M. Desmond, 19, was charged Tuesday in the death of Noah James Petersen. Bail was set at $500,000.
Desmond called 911 Monday and said her baby was unconscious, but paramedics found the boy had been dead for hours, Fire District 8 Deputy Chief David Lingenfelter said. Prosecutors wrote in reports that Desmond later indicated a pacifier had been taped to the child's mouth but she had removed it before calling authorities.
Story. (http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2007-06-20-pacifier-death_N.htm?csp=34)
I'm sure someone will be suing the pacifier maker because there was no label warning stupid people from taping it to their child's mouth.
Bonnie M. Desmond, 19, was charged Tuesday in the death of Noah James Petersen. Bail was set at $500,000.
Desmond called 911 Monday and said her baby was unconscious, but paramedics found the boy had been dead for hours, Fire District 8 Deputy Chief David Lingenfelter said. Prosecutors wrote in reports that Desmond later indicated a pacifier had been taped to the child's mouth but she had removed it before calling authorities.
Story. (http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2007-06-20-pacifier-death_N.htm?csp=34)
I'm sure someone will be suing the pacifier maker because there was no label warning stupid people from taping it to their child's mouth.